“Congratulations, Elmo,” said Sami. “Today you counted one backpack, two apples, three turtles, four frogs, five caterpillars, six birds, seven pebbles, eight fish, nine pine cones, and ten sandwiches, all by yourself.”

“Sami is right,” Elmo said. “Elmo DID count all that.”

Sami smiled. “It'll be fun telling Mom, Dad and Amanda about the fun stuff you counted when I get home to Madison, Wisconsin.”

“You can tell them one more funny thing Elmo counted,” giggled Elmo. “Look, Sami! One sandwich being carried away by ten ants!”